Desc: Mama's Pushcart: Ellen Stewart and 25 Years of La MaMa E.T.C.: Directed by Demetria Royals. With Peter Brook, Tom Eyen, Harvey Fierstein, Wilford Leach. With virtually no financial resources, Ellen Stewart created the La Mama theater in New York in 1961, where writers and actors such as Sam Shepard, Elizabeth Swados, and Harvey Fierstein found both encouragement and a home for their work.